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Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk at her swearing-in ceremony

A special happy Women’s History Month to Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk, who made history just months ago as the first Afro-Latina Speaker for Maryland House of Delegates.

Breaking the law to take down a religious autocrat? Not a good idea, imho.

Some guys in uniform just sign a baseball when they're asked to sign a baseball.

But if a kid asks Aaron Boone to sign a baseball, he gets a whole conversation..:

About baseball!

🎯🎯

The irresponsible, reckless bombing of Iran calls for protest. This Monday afternoon, March 2, at 3-5pm) we will share our concern with tens of thousands of afternoon commuters on the Gorman Road Overpass (use 9706 Gorman Road on your GPS). Join us. ⭐

In ‘76, my Dad sat next to a bird Colonel from Wright-Pat who assured him the end of Vietnam would not change the way the Pentagon did things:

“We plan a party, we buy stuff for a party, we dress for a party … then we go find a party”

I don't want to be this way but we really need to stop counting on the government to protect us from the government. "The military will intervene if checks and balances are illegally unraveled" was a lie they told us as children. Just like when we asked in Sunday school "who invented God?"

Riddley Walker panel discusses new theatre adaptation, first encounters with the book and more Our online panel discussion of Russell Hoban’s 1980 novel Riddley Walker last Sunday, 16th February, took in early experiences of the book, names, weather, puns, social habits in the Middle A…

Trubba not! If you haven't already found your way to it, there's a recording of the panel on YouTube, as well as a transcript available here: russellhoban.org/2025/02/21/r...

You are right. yes, even better the second viewing. In the theater 😎

❤️

View of downtown Seattle from Gasworks Park. It’s a beautiful day.

View of Lake Union coming down from Capitol Hill into South Lake Union.

A new pair of Brooks Cascadia Trail runners, tread side up. They’re pristine. Next to them are the Brooks Trail Runners I bought last year. There is no tread on some of the heel and they’re flat on the sole.

Screenshot of my Pedometer app: SATURDAY FEB 28, 2026 45,472 STEPS 853 DAY STREAK 23.6 MILES 30 FLOORS Walked with Pedometer++

Today’s walk: North along Lake Washington, up to Capitol Hill, down to South Lake Union, and around Lake Union. Stopped by the Brooks store in Fremont to get this year’s fresh pair of Cascadia trail runners. 45,472 steps, 23.6 miles.
A beautiful day for horrible news.

Fascinating real life stories in this book.
Published in 1976; the author collected the voices of the women of an isolated village in the Cambridgeshire Fens.
They speak of things which had changed little over centuries.
Yet in the 50yrs since, the world has changed beyond recognition.
I am humbled.

Truly.

He makes fluff before the war, but then becomes a film maker for the U.S. Army. He does stuff like filming the liberation of the Dachau death camp.

He returns and reels off "A Place in the Sun," "Shane," and "Giant." They are his "American trilogy" and three huge films.

The corruption is so deep now, Molly, that nothing is exceptional anymore...

And this IS during Trumps first administration. So.. their latest claims that Bidens' DoJ did nothing? How could they have?

Why Meteorologists Say Spring 2026 Starts On Sunday | Weather.com While the spring equinox is on March 20, "meteorological spring" begins on March 1. Here's why.

I mentioned earlier that today is the first day of Meteorological Spring rather than the Vernal variety, which arrives with the equinox on March 20th. Why, you might ask? I found the answer here. Hope you find it as fascinating as me.

weather.com/science/weat...

What are you reading this weekend?

Riddley Walker

I would join you too. Stuck also and have been wondering over the past year+ if I have the skills to survive the wars as I turn 80 in days.

Those were the days ✌️

YouTube video by The Obama White House James Earl Jones Performs Shakespeare at the White House Poetry Jam: (3 of 8)

this is quite nice:

James Earl Jones, reading from Othello, at The White House in 2009

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJyb...

I am closely monitoring the ongoing military operations in Iran. International military actions have a direct and profound impact on Maryland’s families and communities.

I served in Afghanistan and I’ve seen who pays the price when Washington rushes into conflict.

I feel so bad for this guy’s social media intern today.

(Not, to be clear, for the Congressman himself.)

Joke on us 💙

world war

Rep Jason Crow (D-CO): “I went to war three times for this country and learned that when elites in Washington bang the war drums, working class folks pay the price. The tough talk of a five-time draft dodger falls flat for Americans tired of military adventurism”

I would try that
Today would be a good day